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TWIN CITY DAILY SENTINEL ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES Srd Year WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1916 CITY EDITION 12 Pages 1 Section TI0NS IN 00D SECTION ARE IMPROVING Lher of Towns in Arkan- I . .L. I.M 1.. Jjcport That me nuuua Are Subsiding. L; CENTRAL REFUGEE MPS ARK ORGANIZED Levees Along (he Missis- topt .Are mF Holding. Bock, Ark., Feb. 9.-State !0jay organized central refu ,9 at tlirce points on tho out- ; the overflowed area In east Thirty men were assign- - - . A ksfjc oiK near m-i uivii. n jj drawn to establish a camp s-lon anil a detachment was to maintain a camp ut t uts ere shipped Irora the mory here. Lisas City, Clarendon and a of other towns today reported Is subsiding and, with relief izi 1, conditions were mater? proved. The relief expedition, ,(t here last Saturday, return ee llluff last night after dis : food and clothing south of y. Today the party is load er steamer with clothing and c levees along the Mississippi liii-h is now approaching its e reported holding. patch from Varncr reported S of a negro convict, bring r:u:i: in t of known dead In the ) 17. The negro, with two isoners, were attempting to from a State camp. His corn- were recaptured. ITION'S HEFORE NATIONAL LEAGUE York, Feb. 9. resolution the number of 25 cent bleach- at the grounds of any club to several other propositions ihed yesterday were before ual meeting of the National today. innovation, If adopted, would eiere effect on several clubs. nt there are 10,0(10 such seats oa, 9,0i) In St. Louis, 6,500 in pttia and 4,ui)0 in Cincinnati. sedatives of tho western 1 oppose the measure on the of loaa of revenue. mmibers exchanged congratu- touay over the adoption of a e which contains only three me race starts Anril 12 York at Phtladelnhla. Bos- Urooklyn, Chicago at Cincin- i I'ittsburgh at St. Louis. Niue will celebrate, the fort iniversary of its organization "inner here tonight. F0 CONSENTS TO BE UNIVERSITY SPEAKER 'ary McAdno will be the com- 'm orator ror the University nas accepted an In vita- !l'ed some, tune ago by Pres- iiratiam. .Mrs McA.lnsi (iaahter or the nreslrlnnt vin Miy him. Tin, M,tj A,h.. ns little srirl u-ni :;!: t"J X;.r:h Carolina at "that :a7 Mc.Adoo hn twt,,.; Cimi! ' say U,at he wiU 11 TOOK NO ONEY FROM THE iSOUTH IN 191 5 mnsron pi, r. , the South paid to Snnthnrr. Dofy f,,r transportation ' in the So nitli fro. , . an i ,1 "uwi Material. tltn,r: r P,lrPosea $1.17.this " nnZt Bmoi"t" cxpend- ta,,i :r,io" Purposes. wv dun ' , ,nt Olxburaed by tho Mil, , " P. ,Jl'cpniber for labor. H,lfl other numoses H,.; "'" r,a'd to individuals .'.- ??,ted m the South. n.JV .ln excess of the to- ion. ;;'cu"J.lile South for trans t0 "Bures an- H'M i A- H- 1lant- WllT, !y tne company ""'av anrt ""Provements ti. i:.,: ;..na structures nmm,nt.i f! lVcmv , fai"3t $S4:,,504.4S w I ra nuu Jli fluring the game period The Daring Sea Rover r f."' i ' i i"1 1 tSiii. 'VIA u IVr u R 1 1 t .? Vi it J ri This In the only pooil ilinlin:raih no fr taken of I.liuteiiunt llanH BerK the (ieriDan naval ultlccr who hrnUKht the captured Hrltixh liner Appam mure than 3.0IHI mllen aeruiw the Attantl", thuH iierfurminK on of the most re markable naval feutn. Holds Public Sessions Number of Witnesses to Be Examined. Washington, Feb. 9. Inquiry Into the nomination of Louis I). Drandeis for the Supreme court was begun to day before a sub-committee of the Senate Judiciary committee. After hearing a number of witness es and all protestants against Mr. Iirandcis' nomination the committee will consider numerous petitions from individuals and organizations urging confirmation. Because of tho widespread interest the committee will hold public ses sions. ANNIVERSARY OF FISHERIES BUREAU Washington, Feb. 9. The 4Cth an niversary of its establishment; -was celebrated today by the United States bureau of fisheries with tho unveiling of a tablet to its founder, Spencer Fullerton llaird. 'The tablet was pre sented by forty-six associates and fol lowers of tho late Commissioner Iiaird and it was unveiled by Daniel Kdwards, of Wood's Hole, Mass., who bad been in the fisheries service since Its or-ganization. DEVORE BACK AGAIN; NOW WITH PHILLIES. Mariotta, Ohio, Feb. 9. Josh Devore, former outfielder for the New York Nationals, will return to major league ball next season. Devore has signed a contract offered him by Manager Moran to play with tho Philadelphia Nationals. Ho has played In every world's scries Binco 191t, except the 1915 series. Ho played with the New York Na tionals from 1911 to 11)14. Then he was sold to the Philadelphia Nationals and later to the Iioston Nationals. GERMAN BATTLESHIP ROON IS CAPTURED New York, Feb. 9. Advices received here today assert that the German battleship Roon, al leged to be the captor of the Ap pam, had been captured by the British battleship Drake, after a three-hour fight, 200 miles northeast of Bermuda, accord ing to a story printed this aft ernoon by the New York Even ing Globe. The capture of the Roon was followed by the seizure of two merchantmen flying the Ger man flag, one of . which was armed. PRIVATE DISPATCH Washington, Feb. 9. The British embassy today received advices from the British agent at New York, that a man living there, whose name was not giv en, had received a private dis patch from Bermuda, saying that British cruiser Drake had captured the German cruiser Roon and some German mer chant ships. The embassy had received no further advices. WAR NEWS SUMMARY IXrocmd drrlarra that tk mmifmriil In Ike l uarnai kaa continued to reault In advantage to the llaaalana. The llrltUh mlnrra, la a reso lution adopted at roafrreare In anranter tndai-, did not ri realy declare themselves alnal Ike military aervlee bill. 'Ike attitude adopted one In opponltlon to the aplrlt of ronarrlpllon with an rspreaaed determination Is aerutlnlae via tlnntly "any proponed eten.lon" of the mllllnrr aer lee law. Artillery ui-tlona between the French and llrltlah and the tier mans hate eontlnned nt varloua points on the Kraneo-llrlitlnn front, but lher have been no Important chonrea In position any v here. Nor have the Ger mans yet heitun the offensive for whlih they are reported unoltlr. tally o he preparing. Heavy flakllng has broken out aaaln In F.aat tialleln. All alona; the front the artillery baa been very art lie. The lluaslana sue reeded north of Tnrnopol after . repealed altaeka In penetrating the Auatro-llunaarlan advaared Infantry posts, but were rjeeted from them Inter on, according to Vienna, In the Auaf ro-lfallnn theater the contending forces are still Involved In artillery duels. DEMANDS MAD E BYRliPLOYES If Granted They Will Add Many Million Dollars to the Payroll. New York, Feb. 9. Many millions of dollars w ill be added to tho railroad pay rolls if tho 400,000 men In train servlco force the carriers to meet their new demands for higher wages, which are expected to be presented In March. Knglneers, firemen, con ductors and trainmen from Maine to California, on every mile of railroad In the country, are now voting author ity to their leaders to bargain with tno roads for more pay. A simultan eous demand will be made on all the roads to adopt the new rates If the vote Is favorable. This Is tho first countrywide de mand by railroad workers for more wages. The battle ground for blggei pay checks has never before extend ed beyond the boundaries of one sec tion of the country tho East, tht West or the South; and even in these territorial struggles the four brother hoods have never made joint de mands. Somo of the leaders of the men have announced that this will be a fight to a finish, and that they are opposed to arbitration. Pay Rolls Near $1,500,000,000. The railroad pay roll now approach es $1,500,000,000 a year for the great army of nearly 1,800,000 men. The 1910 pay roll was $1,140,000,000 foi 1,700,000 men; for the same numbei of men In 1914 tho pay roll was $1,- 400,000,000, or $250,000,000 more, be cause of wage Increases. The propor tion of the gross receipts of tho rail roads paid out in wages has been steadily rising in the past few years by reason of the successive wage ad vances. Out of every dollar now received by tho roads for carrying freight and passengers the employes get 45 cents; in other words the pay roll absorbs not far from half of the $3,000,000,000 of gross revenue. Two-thirds of the total cost of operation is for labor. The employes' share of tho total re ceipts has risen from 40 per cent to 45 per cent In the past few years. The men of the trains engineers, firemen, conductors and trainmen- are an army of a third of a million, and their share of tho pay roil ap proaches $400,000,000 a year. Their concerted demands for higher pay In creased their yearly -earnings from 1910 to 1914 by more than $70,(iOO,OOU, without any increase in the number of men employed. The higher wage demands to be made by tho leaders of the brother hood provide that tho basic pay day, for all excepting passenger service, shall be changed to 100 miles or eight hours, with pay for overtime at one and a half times the new higher rate. In other words, the demand Is that the freight speed basis for wage com puting shall be Increased from 10 to 12 1-2 miles an hour, or zo per cent. and the overtime rate increased 87 1-2 ner cent That the men are asking for higher wages and not for shorter working hours is frankly stated By leaders of the unions. COMMERCE BODIES OF NORTHWEST AT AUBURN Auburn, Wash., Feb. 9. Plans for the organization of a State Chamber of Commerce, the scope of which will be to- the State as that of the municipal organization to the city, will be pre sented to tho Washington Federation of Commercial Organizations at its semiannual convention here todayi Among the speakers are Prof. J. Allen Smith, of the department of economics University of Washington; Dr. Ira Car. diff, of State College; Prof. Thomas Shaw, and George E. Hardy, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of Port land. , , , Only Baby Captured By Germans On Appam ..J m 4 N ' : f 111 . - ; I' 1 ffM--''- . ( VYc-r JH 4 V . , W V : ' & .y . . ' : A 1 . V ' s This wait the only lialiy tlm fli-rmaiiH na Alius A. II. Iiialilmn, who was d raptureil when they took Um llrltiHii ureal f i i.iul of l he l,al,y, were on their liner Appnm oT Iho anarli-H. Ilati w ay to Km;lainl when the tleininti raid A in lei Itellly anil .Mr. Hellly, as well ir took llielr vowl. REPORT SAYS 600,000 MEN ARE SENT BY GERMANS TO THE FRONTIER OF BELGIUM APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF ERROR IN iMDY CREEK CASH'' IS DENIED LIU I CHANGE IN AGREEMENT The predicted Cerman offensive onO the Franco-Belgian front has not yet developed. Tho latest advices con cerning such preparations camo today in the report that 600,000 men have been sent by tho Germans to tho I!el- glan frontier. From tho Balkans comes news that there is no longer the former appar ent unanimity of opinion that the Teu tonic allieB are shortly to begin an ad vance on Sulonlkl. It Is declared In one quarter that the cutento allies are preparing to take tho offensive. A more definite statement Is made In Athens that the decision reached by ihe central powers Is to maintain their position at present, leaving Ilulgar- ans on guard, the Austrian troops for ihe most part being employed else where. Constantinople reports setbacks for the Russians In their Caucasus cam paign and in Persia. Russians have been repulsed in the former field of operations where Erzerum has been the main Turkish base of defense. JAli a DELIVERY IS NARROWLY AVERTED Henderson, Feb. 9. A Jail delivery was narrowly averted here yesterday Ahen the authorities discovered nine prisoners sawing their way out of pris on. Tho men had broken their wa thru the concrete floor of the jail and wero cutting thru tho bars when dis covered. Joe Young, a negro errand boy em ployed at the jail. Is said to have fur nished tho prisoners with the tools. One of tho prisoners Is boing held for murder, for trial next mouth. KENTUCKY BEAUTY TO WED A BOSTONIAN. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 9. Miss Edith Goldsborough Robinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Archibald M. Robinson, of this city, will lKieome the bride of William M. Wood, Jr., of Iioston, in a society wedding hero tomorrow. The groom is the son of William M. Wood, head of the American Woolen Com pany. Tho bride Is one of tho belles of Louisville, and Is extremely popular in society. M 11' Ml Nl'l:t 141. Til i. it i. i:Miinto tom;iit lly noon today only i nineteen people kail nlgnlfled their Infen etlon of using the speclnl train In lreeaahfirn on account of the Laymen's Mtaalonary convention, which convenes there this even lug. t'onaeiiucntly the train baa been cnncellrd. If. however, ns ninny ns flfty phone the V. M '. Am No. ISI, by noon tomorrow they will nltend Thursday night's sesalon, a speclnl train will be operated leaving the nnlon sta Hon nt tti.1l) o'clock. lly order of II. K. Fit IK. I hnlrman Trans portation t'ommlttre. A T 250 HAVE REGISTERED HERE El Words Substituted by German Ambassador in Lusilnnia Document. Waahlnxtnn, Feb. 9. One of the changes In the l.imllani.i agreement KugKi'Klfd by Secretary Lansing to the (lermnn atiilmnndr la thn substitu tion of the words, "rewnKnlxes liabil ity" for tho words "attsunms liabil ity," which were employed In the ten tative draft. It Ih understood thai upon this change and others described also as minor Is Ihh' thn expresaed view Of high offli'lHla that the two govern ments are substantially In accord. No new difficulties are riper tod here from tho change of words. It is fell that (Icrmany could not or would not aimuiiiu a liability whlrh she could not rerognlzD. $20 v e ii dTctTn sTi ' IT AC A INST PULLMAN CO. Now Itcrno, N. ('.. Feb. 9. Tho Jury in Ihe rase of W. K. Tiirnbiill, of this city, aguliiHt thn Pullman Company, In which the plaintiff asked $.1,imo dam ages becnust) of Inconvenience) cRiMcd by failure of the Pullman Company to reserve a sot I Ion whlrh he hail en gaged, returned a verdict today for $20 for the plaintiff. Mr. TurnbuII bad engaged a section In a I'ulltnai from tkildsltoro to Wash Ington, I). C. Tim arrival of thn plain HIT in (ioldxhoro from New llemn was delayed and thn train to Washington lft before he reached thoro. Ho over took tlm thru train nt Wilson, and on demanding tho section engaged by him, found It occupied. FOR GONV ON Chairman D. U. ISoyltis, of the regis tration commllteo of tho Laynmn'H convention, reports that about 2."ifj men, rcprenenlilng every tloiiomlnnMoii iiu tho city, have registered as delegates to tht! convention whlrh is being held ut (irnensboru for tlm remainder of the week, and that a few have regis tered, but. up to noon had not p.ild the registration fee, therefore have not re ceived their admission buttons. - Tho Indications are that at each ans. slon of the convention held, beginning tonight and lasting thru Sunday, with tho exception of Saturday, there will bo a large delegation from this city. The popularity of tho auto has Inter fered with the operation of the special train each evening, only nineteen of the register delegates nollfying tho committee that they would take advan tage of the railway service. Tho com mittee has to guarantca fifty return fareH to secure tho train, and In view of this the; special for this afternoon has been cancelled. Chairman Fries, of the transporta tion committee, announces that If enough names ran be secured to cover the guarantee by noon tomorrow the special will be operated on that even ing, leaving the station at fi.I'.O o'clock. Names should be left at the V. M. C. A. building before noon tomorrow. Called at Meeting of Over 1,000 Union Members Demand Eight Hour Day. New York, Feb. 9. A general strike of Jewelry workers In New York City was called early today at a meeting of over 1,000 members of the union. They demand an eight-hour day. They arc all highly paid workers, some of the diamond setters earning as high as $100 a week, and the question of pay does not enter Into the present trou ble. ' The strike call affects 200 shops and 2,500 employes. One of the demands Is for the abolition of the piece work system, ; . VERDICT AGAINST SEABOARD 1 OR $11,833 Raleigh, Feb. 9. -the superior court Jury In the civil suit of W, I). Tllg'.iman against tho Seaboard Air Lino for $.10,000 damages returned a verdict in favor of tho plaintiff today, awarding him $14. S3.",. Mr. Tllghmnn, a former conductor of the defendant railroad, was Injurml in a wreck at Norllna on November 1!), 1912. He claimed that injuries he re ceived brought about a diseane similar to locomotor ataxia. Resolutions Passed by Senate- Wa thlngton, Feb. . The Senate to day passeii a resolution making ?C00.- 000 available for equipping the -Mar Island and New York navy yard to build battleships and the bill to in crease by 300 the' entrance class to Annapolis. DELEGATION FROM REYNOLDA CHURCH The following Im a Hat of tht mem bers of Mr. F. K. L'vans' clans and tho officers of Reynold Presbytorlan church who will leave Wlnston-Halem at r,:.m this evening to attend the Laymen's Convention at (Jrnensboro: A. C. Wharton, J, 8. Knykendall, F. K. Kvaiis, It. L. Hatcher, C. A. llryant, J. I. Wlilte, (i. H. Duvall, Rev. T. W. Slmpnon, (). Mu ii roe, T. A. Craft, F. 8. VcrniiT, It. L, Clbson, II. aoldamlth, W. A. Paxton, (,V W. Adams, J. W. Little, L. M. llranton, II. L Adams, A. Wlshon, W. N. Amnions, N. J. Liv I n good, F. P. Holleman. Every member of class desires to be in attendance at the opening ses sion and a number of the rlaaa dn ,'iie to attend other sessions of the convention. ELECTED SECRETARY OF WORLD'S COURT LEAGUE Henderson, Feb. ft. Charles H. Rurr, of this city, late yesterday was elected executive secretary of the World's Court league, nccordlng to advices received hero today from New York. Tho object of thn organization Is to establish an International court of arbitration and prevent future wars. Mr. Rurr for two years lias been vlco president and general manager of tho Anchor Stores Company, of this city and Rocky Mount. STEAMER WAS HELD UP HY A FRENCH CRUISER New York. FehTiv Capt. J. Mitch- ell. of the Ilrltlsh freighter Canadian. which arrived here today, couflrrueit the story brought here somn days ago bv the steamer Gulnana of the nom ine un of the Canadian off Martini que by the French cruiser Drszarte. Captain Mitchell said live shots were lired at bis vessel. WORKERS ON WOMEN'S GARMENTS GET INCREASE New York, Feb. 9 Differences be tween tho Indies Waist and iffess makers Union and the Waist and Ores Manufacturers' Association, which somo time ago threatened a strike of about 15.000 employes, wero virtually scttlod by a board of arbi tration which made an award revis ing a previous protocol and allowing employes a 10 per cent Increase in wages. 8ELF CONFIDENCE The advertisements In this newspaper testify to the faith of the advsrtlssri In them- . selves and their goods. The advertisers believe In their ability to please you; to make flood In every respect or else they would not invite your patronage. Self confidence usually has something substantial to back It up. It is a factor that should at least help in determining your favor.towards advertisers. They come to you frankly with their message and at the very least the latter is worth your reading. CHIEF JUSTICE CLARK REFUSES TOjRANT PLEA Petition Made In Iiehalf of Mrs. Ida Hall Warren and S. P. ChrUty. APPEAL WILL HE MADE TO CHIEF JUSTICE W HITE Attorney ParrLsh to Take Matter to Head of Higheat Tribunal. Raleigh, Feb. 9. An application for writ of error In an effort to obtain an appeal to tba Supreme court of Die United States was denied Mrs. Ida Hal! Warren and Samuel Christy today by Chief Justice Walter Clark, of the North Carolina Supreme court. Tho man and woman are under sentence ot death for the murder of 0. J. War ren, the woman's husband, In Win ston Salem In 1914. The petition was presented to Chief Justice Clark by Attorner Fred M. Parrish, of Winston Sa lem, counsel for ChrUty, he also representing Jones & Clement, counsel for Mrs. Warren, In the matter as slTecUtig that defendant. The petitioners claimed that the admlsalon at the trial of confes sions made while (hey were In custody of an officer, even If vol untary, was a violation of "due process'of law" under the fifth amendment to the constitution of the United States. Justice Clark held that the first eleven amendments to the constitution are restrictions on the federal government and not on thn States and so denied the writ. It was declared that an appeal to the State Supremo court lies as a matter of right but there Is no right to have a decision of the latter court reviewed by the Uni ted States Supreme court unless the chief Jutttlce of the State Su preme court or a Judge of the Uni ted States Supreme court grants a writ of error on the groiiMl that a privilege of right guaranteed by the constitution was passed on by the Stale Supreme court. Attorney Fred M. Parrish, for Christy, stated today that bo will go to Washington and appeal to Chief Justice White, of the Uni ted States Supreme court, for a writ of error. ADDRESS MAD E BY A CHINAMAN Dr. Wellington Koo a Speaker Before U. S. Chamber of Commerce. Washington, Feb. 9. Addresses by Dr. Wellington Koo, a Chinese minis ter, K.I want A. Fllenu, ot Boston, and a member of the executive committee ot the International chamber of com merce, and Senator Fletcher featured today's session of the convention of the chamber of commerce of the Uni ted States. , In presnntlng a survey of conditions expecting to confront the United States at the end of the war, Mr.. Fllene declared the chamber's recent referendum approving the proposal that this country take the first steps in the establishment of an Interna tional court to settle the disputes or nations bad "effectively given the Ho" to the charge that the "chief In terest of American business men la the war .is the chance It glvea them to coin the agony of Europe Into in creased dividends." , "Tho vote Indicates,' he said, "that American business men, if they could feel that thereby they were doing their share in keeping the peace ot the world, would be willing to help punish the violators ot International agreement by putting an embargo on all goods as well as on munitions ot war. Hereafter tbe man who charge the American business men with a willingness to sac r I Bee principle and a greed for blood money must reckon with the vote on this referendum."